🚀 Internship

London Financial Services Audit 12 Month Placement Programme (September 2023)

Grant Thornton

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2mo ago

🚀 Placement Program

London

Rolling basis

Description

Get to know us, our clients and start learning more about yourself. As a placement student in our Financial Services Audit department, you’ll be connecting with the issues our clients are facing, providing independent advice so they can confidently do what is right and make the best decisions for the future. The constantly evolving landscape calls for an approach that puts what is right first and you will need to push ideas harder and ask difficult questions, giving our clients the assurance they need.

The Financial Services Audit team specialise in providing External Audit to entities that operate within the financial services umbrella, including insurance, insurance brokers, FX traders, FCA regulated entities, hedge fund managers, investment managers, private equity houses and fully listed investment /venture capital trusts. With such a large number of our clients, being fully listed and/or regulated, the assurance given by an external audit opinion is an import element of building trust and integrity in markets. There’ll be challenges along the way, but you’ll be supported and able to meet each one with a solution. That’s how you excel here.

Area of Responsibilities

Accounting & Tax

Responsibilities

Our 12-month placement programme is designed so you can experience life working right at the heart of the business, understanding what we do and giving you real life experiences to take forward into your final year at university and your future career.Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll experience during your year with us:• Hands on experience in the different aspects of audit, with a variety of clients• Responsibility from early in your career, taking ownership for interesting and challenging client work• You’ll develop a strong internal and external network to learn from• You’ll get experience in everything from examining financial records, carrying out audit tests, to attending stock-takes and completing audit files• Working closely with colleagues to provide robust challenge and market leading insights to help clients meet their regulatory needs and business objectives• Subject to restrictions, you’ll be required to spend time travelling to a variety of client offices• On the job learning, alongside structured training• At the end of the programme, you’ll have gained a wide range of skills and experience which will support your learning and development back at university and when you return to the workplace

Requirements

We’ve got a flexible approach to academic entry requirements, and we’ll consider these alongside your strengths and motivations. We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves.